All my favorite people!

Today was pretty close to being my "perfect" day, and this is a perfect day that did not even involve a trip to Starbucks or Target! Nothing super extraordinary happened but it was a culmination of the entire day's events that made this day stand out as one I don't want to forget anytime soon.

Our day started with a trip to Springfield. Aunt Darcy invited Kellan to a "Pete the Cat" class she was teaching so since we were headed to Springfield I decided to make a day out of it, get a babysitter for the littlest wild man, and have a special day with Kel. When Kellan finished his class (which he loved by the way and said that was his favorite part of the day!) we went to lunch with Darcy and Anna. I miss those girls...a lot. So it was so nice just to be able to sit and catch up with them. After lunch we hit up Ergadoozy to play. Darc and I even enjoyed climbing around with Kellan while he pretended he was mario and would climb up and down through all the "levels."

Sporting his Pete the Cat mask

Showing Aunt Darcy some love

After we finished playing we took Kellan to the mall for his first ride on the big carousel and a visit to Build-A-Bear. He is the perfect age right now for this and I loved seeing how excited he was over it all. He ended up with a dog dressed like Spiderman that he aptly named, Silly Bear. Yeah, I don't know either...

Chatting it up with Aunt Darcy

Informing the lady that his dog's name was going to be "Silly Bear"

"Mom, this isn't really water though, right?"

Of course he wanted his dog to have underwear, because underwear is hilarious when you're three

On the carousel together

Taking Silly Bear home with us!

 The second half of my day consisted of seeing all three of my brothers, at the same time!  They live in three different states right now so it doesn't happen all that often that they can make it back at the same time. We enjoyed dinner at Alexanders and just hanging out and catching up. Next week it will be 5 years since our Dad passed away and seeing these guys all doing so well makes me smile. I know my Dad would be so incredibly proud of them! I also laugh because as they get older they all are starting to look more and more like him :)

Andy, Spencer, AJ, Wes, Dad and I in 2006

And in 2014